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Hot Temperatures to Return to Europe in July Amid Drought Alert

  • Areas of Northern Europe are under drought warning conditions
  • Heat contributes to volatility in energy and commodity prices

The Fuente de Piedra lake near Malaga, Spain, on June 29.

Photographer: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images
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Hot temperatures are set to return to northwest Europe in July, at a time when some parts of the continent are already under drought warning.

Thermometers are expected to rise to above-average levels in the UK, Germany and parts of France throughout July, according to meteorologists surveyed by Bloomberg. A wave of warm, dry weather will settle in after a few days of sparse rain and some wind in the first half of the month.